Melville's short novels : authoritative texts, contexts, criticism

Author(s)

• Melville, Herman
• McCall, Dan

Bibliographic Information

Melville's short novels : authoritative texts, contexts, criticism

selected and edited by Dan McCall

（Norton critical editions）

W.W. Norton, c2002

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-408)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Each text has been carefully edited and annotated for student readers. As his writing reflects, Melville was extraordinarily well read. "Contexts" collects important sources for each novel, including writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amasa Delano, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. "Criticism" includes twenty-eight essays about the novels sure to promote classroom discussion. Contributors include Leo Marx, Elizabeth Hardwick, Frederick Busch, Robert Lowell, Herschel Parker, Carolyn L. Karcher, Thomas Mann, and Hannah Arendt. A Selected Bibliography is included.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA57512334
• ISBN:
  • 9780393976410
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 408 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC : 813/.3
  • DC21 : 813/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Sea stories, American -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : New York (N.Y.) -- In literature
  • LCSH : New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Slave trade -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Sea stories, American
  • LCSH : Copyists -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Sailors -- Fiction
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00246310